How can we foster adoption locally in order to make Bitcoin more global? Timing is important; first help the people who need it most. You can only ignore money until it stops working. Don’t promise things you can’t deliver. Educate those who became interested for the wrong reasons. Don’t try to sell it too hard; not everyone is ready.

This question was from a talk which took place at the Sheraton Warsaw for the Polish Bitcoin Congress (Polski Kongres Bitcoin) on May 12th 2018 in Warsaw, Poland: https://youtu.be/1MG1aR71uFg

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23 COMMENTS

  1. I got in around the first of Jan 2018 and focused on alt-coins. I stayed away from BCC and day traded learning as much as I could as I went. To say I have been incredibly lucky to maintain 85 % of what I put in, while my buying power increased 8 times is the understatement of my life 🙂
    So happy I found this channel.

  2. Hi Andreas! Super great content, as always!
    What do you think about Dash's approach to adoption? It seems to be helping out in Venezuela.
    I know you stay away from "coin wars" (very wisely), and you talk about Bitcoin as a more inclusive term. Maybe talk about models of decentralized governance some time?
    Thank you!

  3. wire transaction doesn't take days, its pre funded model and happens pretty fast. The interface is not terrible for crypto and its not a reason for low adoption – problem is that there is no authority backing it up+ low transaction speeds.
    We can talk all day but only bitcoin is the safest bet in the crypto verse to store any funds, rest is all a load of bullshit..fooling people who doesn't know the technicals behind these coins.

  4. I just can’t believe that Andreas never makes mistakes in all of his videos that I have watched. Andreas never pushes stuff either. Just facts. We all have been given a magnificent gift. So listen up people.

  5. With all that said in this video, what is your thought on Mad Bitcoins AKA Thomas Hunt? He goes out on the strip in Vegas to shill Bitcoin. Saying shill but not in a bad shitcoin kind of way lol. Maybe promote Bitcoin sounds better.
    I agree with this video. You don't want to go out and "sell" Bitcoin.

  6. Now its on the rise again, maybe people are beginning to waken up to the fact that for BTC anyway it certainly would be insane to destroy the peoples only global, Lawful money of account and unit of measure, guaranteed to securely record all transactions in a tamper proof blockchain. Giving the world a trust worthy currency, inflation proofed, counterfeit proofed and independent of all governments, all banks and any one group of peoples absolute control.

    How can that possibly ever fail once the people realise the awesome significance of transacting in Bitcoin?

    It would only take a small change in mindset to have BTC as the global base unit of measure that all fiat currency's would be measured against.

    That can be accomplished by; instead of asking how much BTC is worth in "any currency" we should be asking how much "any currency" is worth in BTC.

  7. Great advice bro but then again sometimes just advice us on life like what careers to choose and all that cool stuff. Otherwise bro can you please donate some satoshi for me
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    Or some small ethereum 0x93ce42426767d4085fa07729a25cdadbad8ea344

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